This
statistical report presents information about the case filings and dispositions
of the Wisconsin Supreme Court during the month of March 2010 and to date for
the term that began on September 1, 2009.

Opinions Issued
by the Court

The Supreme
Court issued opinions resolving 9 cases in March.Information about these opinions, including
the Court’s dispositions and the names of the authoring justices, can be found
on the attached table.

March
2010Term to Date

Total
number of cases resolved by opinion .............................. 928

A total
of 59 petitions for review were filed during the month.A petition for review asks the Supreme Court
to review the decision of the Court of Appeals. The Supreme Court’s jurisdiction is
discretionary, meaning that review is granted in selected cases only.In March, the Supreme Court disposed of 97
petitions for review, of which 7 petitions were granted.The Supreme Court currently has 172 petitions
for review pending.

In March,
the Supreme Court received no petitions for bypass and disposed of 1 petition
for bypass.In a petition for bypass, a
party requests that the Supreme Court take jurisdiction of an appeal or other proceeding
pending in the Court of Appeals.A
matter appropriate for bypass is usually one which meets one or more of the
criteria for review by the Supreme Court and one the Supreme Court concludes it
will ultimately choose to consider regardless of how the Court of Appeals might
decide the issues. A petition for bypass
may also be granted where there is a clear need to hasten the ultimate
appellate decision.The Supreme Court currently
has no petitions for bypass pending.

During March
2010, the Supreme Court received no requests for certification and disposed of one
request for certification.In a request
for certification, the Court of Appeals asks the Supreme Court to exercise its
appellate jurisdiction before the Court of Appeals hears the matter. A request for certification is decided on the
basis of the same criteria as a petition to bypass.The Supreme Court currently has 1 request for
certification pending.

During
the month, a total of 6 matters within the regulatory jurisdiction of the Court
(bar admission, lawyer discipline, and judicial discipline) were filed, and one
such case was reopened.The Supreme
Court also received 10 petitions for supervisory writ, which ask the Supreme
Court to order the Court of Appeals or a circuit court to take a certain action
in a case.One original action was
filed.An original action is a petition
asking the Supreme Court to take jurisdiction over a particular matter.When an opinion is issued in these cases, the
disposition is included in “Opinions Issued by the Court” above; otherwise, the
case is disposed of by order and is included in the totals below.The Supreme Court currently has 22 regulatory
matters and 16 petitions for supervisory writ pending.